The family compact- Upper Canada

The family compact was a small group of well off people that were often related to some of the first British settlers and thought that gave them the right to make some of the more important decisions. Most of them wore very expensive clothing and jewelry. They were very snobby. They all dressed alike and most of the colors they wore were green. Even when British visitors came over to Canada to visit had a hard to getting into the likes of the rich and famous, some say it was like a "private club". Women that didn't even suit the fashion took it on as a duty to wear and look like the others. Some of the most known people of the family compact is William Lyon Mackenzie of Upper Canada. Mackenzie was a journalist and used his news paper to expose high power Loyalist of using their power to cater to their own selfish needs. He was tried, but later the case was dismissed because the jury found him not guilty. And even harsh remarks from the Attorney General didn't stop him from continuing his new paper. Some of the people that ran the family compact used bigetry to make support their laws.